2013-14 UWEC Athletes of the Week - Week 20 (Jan. 20-26)

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) - Eleven UW-Eau Claire
student-athletes have been recognized by being named an Athlete of
the Week for the 20th week of the 2013-14 season.

Women’s
Basketball

Kristin Sahr, guard, 5-9, Junior, Stillwater,
Minn.

Sahr averaged 13.5 points in two games this week as the Blugolds
split conference wins. On Saturday in a 76-50 victory over
UW-Stout, Sahr led the game with a career-high 24 points coming off
the bench. She finished the game 6-for-11 from the field, including
3-for-6 from beyond the arc, while also going 9-for-9 from the free
throw line. Sahr had six rebounds against the Blue Devils, third
most on the team. Against UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday, she scored three
points as the Blugolds fell 58-45. For the week, Sahr also had four
assists and two steals.

Donnellan scored two goals and picked up three assists this
weekend as the Blugolds split with 13th-ranked UW-River
Falls at home. Friday in an 8-3 win over the Falcons, Donnellan
assisted on the Blugolds’ first, sixth and eighth goals while
he scored the Blugolds’ seventh goal on a power-play with
just over seven minutes to play in the game. The win was the
Blugolds’ seventh straight, tied for third most in school
history, and after holding the Falcons without a goal for nearly 35
minutes, set an NCAA Division III record for shutout minutes with
354 minutes and 25 seconds going back to Dec. 13. Saturday,
Donnellan scored the Blugolds’ only goal at 7:03 in the first
period but the Falcons scored three unanswered to win 3-1 and end
the Blugolds’ win streak. Donnellan is fourth on the team
with 14 points from six assists and a team-leading eight goals.

Women’s
Hockey

Julia Osowski, Forward, 5-2, Sophomore, Princeton,
Minn.

Osowski competed in two games this weekend against eighth-ranked
UW-Superior. The Blugolds fell short 5-0 in both games, the first
which was played in Superior on Friday while the second was
contested in Eau Claire on Saturday.

Wresting

Nathaniel Behnke, 141 Pounds, Sophomore, Bruce,
Wis.

Behnke went 3-1 for the week, competing in a conference dual on
Wednesday and at the UW-Whitewater Border Brawl Duals on Saturday.
At 141 pounds on Saturday, Behnke started the day with a 12-3 major
decision win and followed with a 14-0 victory before ending the day
with a 13-0 win to go 3-0. Wednesday against UW-Stevens Point, he
narrowly fell 2-1. For the season, Behnke now holds a 24-6 overall
record.

Gymnastics

Specialist – Olivia Aschenbrenner, Senior,
Cedarburg, Wis./Grafton

Aschenbrenner helped the Blugolds to a 182.225-177.325 over
Hamline University (Minn.) with one win and a third-place finish.
She won the balance beam with a score of 9.500, a season-high,
while taking third on the uneven bars with a score of 9.000. She
also scored a 9.050 in an exhibition routine in the floor
exercise.

Men’s
Indoor Track & Field

Track – Thurgood Dennis, Junior, Allouez,
Wis./Green Bay Notre Dame

Friday at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational in Nebraska,
Dennis recorded two wins. He took first in the 200-meter dash with
a time of 21.74, which leads the nation, while he was part of the
Blugolds’ winning 4x400-meter relay team that finished with a
time of 3:18.59.

Field – Roger Steen, Junior, Luck,
Wis.

Steen helped lead the Blugolds to a second place finish at the
UW-Platteville Triangular on Saturday, winning two events, the shot
put and weight throw. He finished with a distance of 16.35 meters
(53-7.75) in the shot put and 16.55 meters (54-3.75) in the weight
throw.

Women’s
Indoor Track & Field

Track – Kayla Kelsey, Junior, Sparta,
Wis.

Kelsey had two of the Blugolds' four event wins at the
UW-Platteville Triangular, where the Blugolds came in third place.
She took first in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.03 seconds and
won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.89 seconds.

Men’s
Swimming & Diving

Swimming – Alex Card, Senior, Prior Lake,
Minn.

Card led the Blugolds as he was part of four victories, three
individually and one as part of a relay team, facing UW-Whitewater
for Senior Day on Saturday. He took first in the 100-yard
breaststroke with a time of 59.56 seconds, first in the 200-yard
breaststroke with a time of 2:12.36 and first in the 200-yard
individual medley with a time of 2:00.74. Card was also part of the
Blugolds’ winning 200-yard medley relay team that had a time
of 1:38.54.

Women’s
Swimming & Diving

Swimming – Elissa Hermsen, Freshman, Waunakee,
Wis.

Hermsen led the Blugolds with two event victories as they faced
UW-Whitewater on Senior Day on Saturday. She finished in first
place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:15.93 and won the
100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.62. She also took fifth in
the 200-yard individual medley and was part of the Blugolds’
200-yard medley relay team that took second, missing first place by
0.03 seconds.

Diving – Amanda Baker, Sophomore, Hudson,
Wis.

Baker won the three-meter dive and took fourth in the one-meter
as the Blugolds faced UW-Whitewater for Senior Day on Saturday. She
scored 266.95 points to win the three-meter dive and finished with
255.85 in the one-meter.